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Mauretania

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Mau·re·ta·ni·a  (môr-tn-, -tny, mär-)
An ancient district of the Roman Empire in present-day Morocco and Algeria. Settled by a Berber people, it was ruled by Rome from c. 100 b.c. to the fifth century a.d.
Maure·tani·an adj. & n.
Mauretania [ˌmɒrɪˈteɪnɪə]
n
(Historical Terms) (Placename) an ancient region of N Africa, corresponding approximately to the N parts of modern Algeria and Morocco
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Some 70 years earlier, Cunard's new Mauretania, built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, passes Wirral wellwishers on her maiden voyage to New York, on June 17, 1939 Picture: DAILY POST ARCHIVE
LOOKING BACK by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Byline: StephenGuy AS THE Second World War loomed, the 35,750-ton luxury liner Mauretania II sailed on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York on 17 June 1939.
Beautiful vessel by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Hemy, which shows Mauretania leaving the Tyne in 1907, has been hanging on board the QE2.
Great ship painting docks at museum; PUBLIC GET CHANCE TO SEE ... by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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